Tag: Eric Saward
Doctor Who: Revelation Of The Daleks by Eric Saward (DVD TV series review).
Typical of an Eric Saward script, there are several cross-connecting plot strands. It’s better to split them up rather than trying to intertwine them. Oddly, the Doctor (actor Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) practically become a minor strand in their own story. They arrive on the wintery planet Necros where politicians and the wealthy […]
Doctor Who: Resurrection Of The Daleks by Eric Saward (DVD review).
Let’s cut to the chase, as the title above should remind you what’s in this ‘Doctor Who’ story. The TARDIS encounters some interference in the time corridor and end up travelling parallel to it to 1986 Earth and London’s warehouse district. There, the Doctor (actor Peter Davison), Tegan (actress Janet Fielding) and Turlough (actor Mark […]
Doctor Who: Earthshock by Eric Saward (TV story review).
It is the year 2526 on Earth and a military team is in underground caves looking for a missing archaeological team and slowly finding their own team is slowly facing the same fate. Meanwhile, on the TARDIS, Adric (actor Matthew Waterhouse) has told the Doctor (actor Peter Davison) he wants to return home. Thing is, […]
Doctor Who: The Visitation by Eric Saward (TV story review).
Still trying to get Tegan (actress Janet Fielding) back to Heathrow Airport, the Doctor (actor Peter Davison) gets it wrong by 300 years into the past. There, they with Nyssa (actress Sarah Sutton) and Adric (actor Matthew Waterhouse) encounter villagers who go on the attack. Fleeing, they meet actor and possible highwayman Richard Mace (actor […]
Doctor Who And The Visitation (Classic Novel) by Eric Saward (CD review).
‘The Visitation’ is the full-length audio book of the original novelisation of his own script by Eric Seward. Originally published in 1982, this is a newly recorded audio which includes music and sound effects. This adventure of the Fifth Doctor is read with great spirit by Matthew Waterhouse, who played the companion Adric in the […]
